Either way, [Marius Heier] decided to take a look at what would be required to build a better joystick and came up ... bunch of experiments with 3-axis Hall effect sensors, specifically the ...

“Whereas a potentiometer joystick is nearly guaranteed to fail eventually, a Hall-Effect joystick could hypothetically last the entire lifetime of the controller.” Hall-effect sensors can ...

The joystick (left) and rudder pedals (right) magnet configurations with a hall effect sensor. A normal potentiometer was used in the throttle lever, and [Tom] also added a number of additional ...